boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
commencing with; including
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
rampancy; prevalence; domination
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
(something) despised; (something) made light of
number one; first; best; most; game; round
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
cooperation; collaboration
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to attempt; to test; to try out
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
for example; for instance; e.g.
use; utility; effect; benefit
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
duration; running time (e.g. in film)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
don't you think?; indicates question
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
form; shape; figure; visage
action; operation; effect; function
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
riskiness; (level of) danger
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to sigh; to breathe a sigh